a week with norete
Posted on | July 26, 2010 | 3 Comments
She hasn’t even been here a week and look at all she has done. The woman is a force of nature.
She has cooked,
and baked,
(she even arrived with a box of freshly picked B.C cherries from their tree)
she has sewn matching princess dresses (with some help),
purchased a new addtion to our family (Bello, the fish),
and she’s gone and sewn me this completely amazing skirt (that I have been dreaming of sewing for soo long… but never had the time… or brain power to tackle, DW I still have your pattern btw, heh heh…) .
*The skirt is designed by Martha at UN , from the winter 2008 issue of Stitch. *
Everyone should have a mother-in-law like this.
pet peeves
Posted on | July 23, 2010 | No Comments
This week’s theme at Small Fancy is “Pet Peeves”. I decided to draw a page from my Grade 8 year book. Back in 1987 there seemed to be an epidemic of both brothers and soggy toast. Click here to see them! Happy weekend.
papa’s pasta
Posted on | July 21, 2010 | 1 Comment
I blew my budget at the Farmer’s market this week buying chanterelle mushrooms. Whenever I see chanterelles I think of my sister-in-law’s father. Every summer he would go into the woods to his top secret location (man, I wish I had found out where) to pick chantrelles to sell to restuarants.
Papa, as we called him, made us feel so welcome when we moved here. Sosi instantly feel in love with him and was quickly adopted in with his real grandchildren. He cooked dinner every Sunday and carted it all over to Nancy’s (2 blocks over) for us all to eat, bringing the whole family together.
He passed away 2 summers ago, and is sorely missed. Last summer I stopped in my tracks when I saw chanterelles at our local market, I knew I had to buy them… and our little tradition was born. I think Papa would approve.
These beautiful little mushrooms are insanely delicious. All I do is sauté them in some olive oil and garlic, add some heavy cream and parmesan then toss with pasta.
Custom Art
Posted on | July 19, 2010 | 1 Comment
Here are a couple of fabric pieces I just finished up…
I’m taking orders again for custom art. If you are interested, you can read more here.
summer food
Posted on | July 16, 2010 | No Comments
While we happily eat our weight in greens and veggies, summer is all about beer and BBQed hamburgers for me (closely tied with ice cream and homemade pizza on the BBQ).
Summer Food is the theme over at Small Fancy this week. Hope you all have a lovely weekend.
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